‘Abu Sabah’, who was in the news early this year and arrested by the Dubai police for organising a money laundering racket, will have to pay a fine of Dh150 million now, in addition to Dh500,000.

His prison sentence, however, has been reduced from five years to four by the Dubai Court of Appeal. This order applies to Sabah and his 32 accomplices who used shell companies and suspicious cross-border transfers to disguise illicit funds.

The organised criminal networking came to light last year, when Dubai Police swung to action following a tip-off.

Sabah will serve the Dubai Court of Appeal’s four-year prison sentence, pay the steep fine, besides having his illicit assets confiscated, and then be deported to India. – editor@nrifocus.com